Sash-fastener



,(No Model!) R. D. GOODLETT.

SASH PASTBNER.

No. 562,388. Patented June 23, 1896.

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SASH-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,388, dated June 23, 1896. Application filed July 23, 1895. Serial No. 556,900. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT D. GOODLETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Nashville, in Davidson county, State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sash-fasteners; and it consists of the features hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, and in which like letters designate similar parts, Figure l is a front elevation of a window, showing a sash to which one embodiment of my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a detail view of parts of the invention.

The lower and upper sashes B B slide in the frame A. At one side of the sash B, and preferably near the bott0m,is suitably pivoted the fastener O. This fastener has a lift 6 and upper and lower fingers (L g, adapted to en-- gage upper and lower catches fit on the window-frame. The lower catch it is preferably bent at right angles, so as to enable it to be secured to the bottom of the frame and in its best form has a beveled lip h. The finger g has an inclined lower surface, so as to turn the fastener easily to one side on its pivot when the finger g strikes the catch h, whereby the finger 9 may readily pass beneath the catch h to engage it and lock the sash down.

' The upper finger Ct of the fastener is adapted to engage the upper catch f, and either or both are formed with an inclined surface as shown,

so as to turn the fastener to one side on its pivot to permit the finger 0b to pass above and engage the catch f.

The fastener is also provided with a projection 7t, designed to strike against the frame when the sash is held up by the catch f, so as to prevent the fastener from turning and losing its hold on this fastener.

E is a lift for the side of the sash opposite the fastener 0.

Various changes that will readily occur to any one skilled in the art could of course be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sash-fastener comprising a piece arranged to be pivoted to a sash to swing to and fro and provided with an upper laterally-extending downwardly-inclined finger and a lower laterallyextending upwardly-inclined finger, in combination with upper and lower catches adapted to be secured to a window-frame and engage automatically the fingers of the pivoted piece, the pivoted piece having a projection is, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT D. GOODLET'I.

Witnesses: W. B. PAUL, ARIS BROWN. 

